Transfer from Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice: Where to Continue Medicine or Dentistry in 2026

Can you transfer from Šafárik University in Košice to another medical university?

Yes. Students of medicine and dentistry at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia, can transfer to another university, and Medschool Experts organises the move. We compare the semesters you have completed against the curricula of our official partner universities, then place you at the highest year your record supports.

A transfer is a curriculum comparison, not a fresh start. Your subjects, examinations and ECTS are read against what the receiving faculty expects at each year of study. We do that comparison before anything is decided, and you stay enrolled in Košice until the new place is confirmed in writing.

What is Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice and what does it teach in English?

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia, is a public university founded in 1959, and its Faculty of Medicine goes back to September 1948. English-language medical study has run there since 1992. Two English-taught programmes are offered: General Medicine over six years, leading to the MUDr., and Dental Medicine over five years, leading to the MDDr.

The faculty sits beside the L. Pasteur University Hospital in Košice, where most clinical rotations take place. Košice is the second-largest city in Slovakia. Slovakia uses the euro, which keeps years of fee planning free of exchange-rate arithmetic. That is a quiet advantage.

One point causes regular confusion. Veterinary medicine in Košice belongs to a separate institution, the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, and not to Šafárik University. Our full location profile for medicine and dentistry is at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice.

Failed exams at Šafárik University — what are your options?

Students at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia, who have failed exams usually have more options than they expect. A different examination format and a different pace suit some people better, and Medschool Experts specialises in exactly this kind of transfer from Šafárik University. Nothing is given up before a new place is confirmed in writing.

The first step is arithmetic rather than emotion. We look at which subjects are passed, which are outstanding and how many ECTS each one carries. As a rule of thumb, a clean transfer usually allows no more than two outstanding examinations, with their combined ECTS below a set maximum. Within that, a great deal is possible.

What happens if you fail a year at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice?

If you have failed a year at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia, two routes are realistic: repeating the year where you are, or transferring to a university whose curriculum and examination rhythm fit you better. Medschool Experts reads your transcript of records and says which entry year is realistic.

Repeating costs a year and another year of fees. A transfer sometimes costs neither, because the preclinical years you have already passed are mapped onto the receiving curriculum. Which of the two is better depends entirely on your record. We will tell you which one we would choose in your position.

Thinking about leaving Šafárik University? The alternatives to dropping out of medicine or dentistry

Leaving the subject altogether is rarely the only option for students at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia. The alternatives to dropping out of medicine or dentistry are a transfer to a more affordable university, a move to a different examination format, or a switch onto a German or United States career track.

Most of the students who reach us are not doubting medicine. They are doubting one specific arrangement of cost, format and location. Those are three separate variables, and each can be changed on its own without leaving the subject. A transfer from Šafárik University changes the arrangement, not the career. Šafárik University students who want to change university keep every semester they have already earned.

Transfer from Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice: which universities accept transfer students?

The universities that accept transfer students from Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia, are the official partner universities of Medschool Experts. Which one fits depends on your goal: lower total cost, a better examination fit, a career in Germany, or a career in the United States through the USMLE.

A transfer route runs through standing agreements rather than open applications, which is why the destination set is finite and why we verify each programme before naming it. Send us your record and we will tell you where the fit is strongest.

Dental school transfer: can you transfer from Šafárik University dentistry?

Yes. Students who want to transfer from Šafárik University dentistry can continue at Medical University of Varna in Bulgaria, where Dental Medicine is taught in English. A dental school transfer only works where dentistry genuinely runs in English, so Medschool Experts confirms the programme, the language and the entry year before any dental transfer from Šafárik University is agreed.

Dentistry deserves a separate line because its destination set is narrower than medicine's. The five-year MDDr. structure maps cleanly onto other European dental curricula, and Bulgaria is an EU member state, so you can continue dentistry in English at Medical University of Varna without leaving the recognition framework you already have.

How do credits from Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice transfer to another university?

Credits from Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia, transfer through curriculum mapping. Your transcript of records and the syllabus of each subject are compared with the receiving faculty's curriculum, year by year, and the point where they align becomes your entry year. Medschool Experts does that mapping for every transfer from Šafárik University.

ECTS credit transfer from a Slovak faculty is usually straightforward, because Slovak programmes follow the standard European structure and the preclinical years carry comparable content almost everywhere. Keep every semester certificate. The transcript of records is the single document the whole process turns on, and it is easier to collect while you are still enrolled.

Which year can you enter when you transfer from Šafárik University in Košice?

There is no fixed ceiling on the year you enter when you leave Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia. Medschool Experts frequently achieves high placements, often into year 4 or year 5 with advanced standing. Every record is reviewed individually, and the aim is the highest possible entry with minimal loss of time.

Which year can I transfer into is the question we are asked first and answer last, because it depends on evidence. Some students move across with a full year recognised. Others carry one subject and clear it in the first semester. What we will not do is promise a year before we have read your transcript.

Who helps with a transfer from Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice?

Medschool Experts helps students leaving Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia. We are the leading specialist for study transfers in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and veterinary medicine, with the world's largest choice of official partner universities. Four steps: free consultation, record review, placement offer, then the switch.

In every transfer from Šafárik University, nobody should give up a place before another one exists in writing. That order protects you and costs nothing to follow. You can read how our placement service works, and see student stories from transfers we organised.

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Is it cheaper to transfer from Šafárik University?

Usually, yes. Medicine at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia, costs EUR 13,000 in tuition for the 2026/2027 academic year. At the Faculty of Medicine Foča in Bosnia and Herzegovina, tuition is EUR 3,500 per year, and a whole year including living costs runs at about EUR 7,500 (2026).

The arithmetic is straightforward. Tuition of EUR 13,000 plus living costs of EUR 500 to 800 a month gives roughly EUR 19,000 to 22,600 for a year in Košice. Set against about EUR 7,500 for a full year in Foča, the gap is roughly EUR 11,500 to 15,100 per year. Over three remaining years that compounds.

Treat these as planning figures, not quotations. A transfer from Šafárik University to a cheaper university only makes sense once the entry year is settled, because a saved year is worth more than a saved euro. Ask any university to confirm its current fee in writing, and many other affordable partner universities sit alongside Foča in our network.

Can you transfer from Šafárik University to Germany?

Not directly into a German faculty, but a move from Šafárik University in Košice onto a German career track is a route Medschool Experts arranges often. Medical University of Varna in Bulgaria and the Faculty of Medicine Foča in Bosnia and Herzegovina both allow the final practical year to be completed in Germany through us.

That matters for anyone who wants to work in Germany after graduation. A practical year spent in German hospitals builds the language, the contacts and the clinical habits before the first job application, rather than after it. We go through which of the two universities suits your record better.

Does a degree from Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice stay recognised after a transfer?

A degree from Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice is automatically recognised across the European Union under Directive 2005/36/EC, because Slovakia is an EU member state. Recognition follows the university that awards your final diploma, not the one where you began, so after a transfer the rules of the destination country apply instead.

Move to another EU university, such as Medical University of Varna in Bulgaria, and automatic recognition under the same directive continues to apply. Move outside the European Union and recognition runs through the national procedure of the country where you want to practise. For the United States the path leads through the USMLE, which is where Mostar School of Medicine and the Caribbean schools have their focus.

When should UPJŠ Košice students start planning a transfer?

The best moment for UPJŠ Košice students to start planning a transfer is the semester before the intended move, while the current academic year is still running. A transcript of records that closes cleanly at the end of a year transfers more easily than one interrupted mid-semester. Start early.

Early planning buys options. It gives time for the record review, for a placement offer to be issued, and for the practical side of moving country. Students who come to us mid-semester are not too late, but their choices narrow. When you want a concrete answer about your own record, book a free consultation and we will look at it together.